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August 11 20092009-08-11August 09 20072007-08-09December 30 20072007-12-30December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor ritual scene on a dirt path beside a bare tree with a pink-and-violet cloth wrapped around its trunk. Young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white sacred marks on their faces, stand in a group. One holds a lit oil lamp in a small brass holder while another carries a brass plate of offerings with flowers. A drummer on the right beats a hand drum. Red walls, scrubby trees and a distant dome sit in the background. Count visible people: about seven.2016-10-31August 03 20092009-08-03Outdoors among coconut palms on a dirt path, a bare-chested sadhu with long matted grey hair, a beard, a rudraksha mala and an orange wrap stands facing a younger man with long swept-back black hair, a gold necklace, and an orange robe. The robed man gestures with raised hands while speaking. Around them stand men in white shirts and dark trousers, one in a white shirt with a gold wristwatch, and a man in a red and orange dhoti on the right. The page labels this a Tamil Nadu temple visit, but no temple is visible.2009-08-11Outdoor photo beneath a huge banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. Several men in saffron and orange robes stand on sandy ground around a dark stone shrine opening at the base of the tree. On the right, a long-haired man with a bare upper torso wears a red-orange shawl draped over his body and faces the group. At centre, a man in an orange headwrap and orange robe with a beaded necklace stands with hands clasped. Further left, a bearded man in orange with an orange head covering and a man in white dhoti with a gold chain stand near a cameraman filming with a video camera. A bald elderly man in pale saffron shawl stands at the far left edge.2007-08-09Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots, red earth and a low stone-edged enclosure. In the foreground an elderly bearded man in orange robes and a shawl holds a staff-like walking stick with a serpent-shaped top. Beside him a bald man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala walks, and a man with a topknot and gold-bordered orange cloth gestures with his hands. Behind them several devotees in orange and rust-coloured robes and rudraksha malas follow, and a man on the right stands barefoot on a flat rock with vibhuti marks. No identifiable a person cues are clearly visible; the figures are presented as priests and devotees.2013-11-05Outdoor photo under a large leafy tree on a dirt path. To his left, a bearded man in a white kurta wears an orange shawl and mala. Behind them, saffron-robed sadhus walk along the path. At right, a shaved-headed priest in orange clothing with white and red markings and pink flower garlands carries a silver kalasha, a ceremonial pot with green leaves, through the procession.2007-08-09August 03 20082008-08-03Outdoor photo of a group of young male devotees in orange and saffron dhotis performing a ritual at a tree trunk wrapped with yellow-orange thread. A shaven-headed priest in a red-orange wrap, with a rudraksha mala and red-and-gold armbands, stands at left holding a small silver cup while pointing upward. Nearby, a young man in orange holds a silver tray with pink flowers, another holds a leaf plate with offerings, and a boy in an orange wrap with a rudraksha mala holds a silver bowl. Dry earth, shrubs and a red wall form the background.2016-10-31